'merge PDF' with unwanted result

Joerg Schober · Post by **Joerg Schober** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:41 am

Hi,

tried to merge PDFs in the right order, but Switch does not sort correct. Tried these filenamen:

a)

0812BER1_01.pdf

0812BER1_02.pdf

...

0812BER1_11.pdf

0812BER1_12.pdf

b)

0812BER_01.pdf

0812BER_02.pdf

...

0812BER_11.pdf

0812BER_12.pdf

c)

BER_01.pdf

BER_02.pdf

...

BER_11.pdf

BER_12.pdf

Seems to be a simple job, according the documentation it should work. Could someone eplain, why it fails?

Thanks and kind regards,

Jörg

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It seems this is caused by the content of the PDFs. When i use other PDFs with same filenames, it works. Very weird.

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Clive Andrews · Post by **Clive Andrews** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:11 am

Joerg - what is the internal numbering of the PDFs...?

When they appear out of order, is it in order according to this sequence..?

Joerg Schober · Post by **Joerg Schober** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:48 am

HI Clive,

thanks for replying.

You are right, some of the PDFs have a internal number.

I've overlooked this. Annoying that the documentation does not mention that also internal numbering is honored.

Do you know how to get rid of the internal numbers?

Kind regards,

Jörg

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> Do you know how to get rid of the internal numbers?

OK, works with PitStop Server: Remove Metadata - Page labels

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